Besides training with the Tar Heels during his campaign, President Barack Obama had another reason to root for North Carolina Monday night: He picked them to win The First Bracket. And when the Tar Heels did make POTUS look like a seer—or someone with about as much common sense as many others—Obama repaid the favor, calling Roy Williams from aboard Air Force One Tuesday night.
"The President offered Coach Williams his congratulations and thanked him and his team for vindicating him in front of the entire country," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said of the conversation. "The President told him he'd done a great job and asked the coach to tell the players how proud he was of them and that he looked forward to seeing them at the White House soon."
Reggie Love probably isn't as excited to see the incoming swarm of Tar Heel blue.
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